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Lyft driver killed in Prince George's County shooting 02/28/2022 12:59pm • Prince George's County Police say that a man has died after a shooting on Saturday evening. It happened at around 5:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of Dunlap Street. More Prince George's County News Police said they were responding to a welfare check when they discovered a man with DC's Dacha beer garden raises money for Ukraine 02/27/2022 06:24pm • A Northwest D.C. beer garden with several Ukrainian staff members is raising money to help refugees and others in the war-torn country. Zoriana Makar, manager at Dacha Beer Garden, said that as long as the war continues, “we are definitely going to do something here and we will try our best to ra New sign at Herndon Caboose Park remembers racial segregation on the railroad 02/26/2022 08:45pm • Herndon Caboose Park, a popular railroad site along the Washington and Old Dominion Trail, has unveiled an historical placard Saturday that describes Virginia's segregated past on the railroad. NOVA Parks unveiled the new sign in front of the historic site in Herndon, which is visited by more tha After deadly DC fire, firefighters remind residents of steps to take when smoke first starts 02/26/2022 07:55am • After an early morning fire that left two people dead inside their southwest D.C. apartment, some residents mentioned that since they’ve often heard the building's fire alarms go off before – with no apparent emergency -- they weren’t sure if Tuesday's blaze was a real fire. It was, and eve Don’t be taken in by fraud promising delivery of Ukraine relief 02/25/2022 04:26pm • Scammers follow the news like everyone else, and are poised to take advantage of people offering aid to Ukraine. The Better Business Bureau has advice for putting good intentions to best and safe use. “Here at the Better Business Bureau, we are urging donors to give, but to give wisely,” s Data Doctors: Ditch your scanner with these apps 02/25/2022 03:03pm • Q: I want to get rid of my desktop scanner in hopes of finding an app that will do the same thing for me. Any suggestions? A: The quality of the optics and the power of the processors in today’s smartphones allows them to do extraordinary things, includ Review: 'No Exit' drops on Hulu with entertaining, predictable popcorn thrills 02/25/2022 11:16am • Over the past week, Netflix released a reboot of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," while the Foo Fighters hit movie theaters for the supernatural horror comedy "Studio 666." If neither sounds up your alley, check out 20th Century Studios' "No Exit," which drops on Hulu on Friday, featuring a se Weekend Road and Rail: Work on Beltway and I-66 to reduce travel lanes; Metro shutdown 02/25/2022 05:57am • There will be barrier work overnight on Interstate 395 this weekend. The Capital Beltway and Interstate 66 will see travel lanes reduced with overnight stoppages. In the District, bridge maintenance and corridor work continues into the weekend, with Metro maintenance again requiring single tracki Why some people have been counting down to Tuesday, 2/22/22 02/22/2022 01:28am • Tuesday is “two’s day." On the calendar, it shows as 2/22/22, and for some, it's a day of better cosmic energy. After all, the number 2 does carry a lot of meaning. It can be about romance. Remember the old Grover Washington Jr. hit "Just the two of us?" It can also be about religion. I Ways to keep veggies fresh longer 02/21/2022 08:20am • Keeping veggies fresh preserves taste and nutrition. Most vegetables are chockfull of vitamins, but they start losing their nutritional value right after they're harvested due to exposure to air, light and heat as they're transported from the field to the supermarket, says Beth Stark, a registere 9 red flags that could trigger a tax audit 02/21/2022 07:50am • What is an IRS audit? The IRS may choose to review a taxpayer's accounts and financial information to ensure all tax laws are being followed. Even though the IRS only audited 0.3% of individual income tax returns in 2020, many taxpayers live in fear of a letter from the IRS questioning items on Washington’s birthday in the DC area: What's open, what's closed 02/21/2022 04:48am • Washington’s birthday, a federal holiday that's observed on Feb. 21 this year, is especially relevant for those in the D.C. area whose lives are surrounded by U.S. presidents' monuments, history and policymaking. Similar to other federal holidays, it's also relevant for its some schedule changes a Chris Michael kicks off magical mentalist residency at Georgetown's Graham Hotel 02/21/2022 04:44am • You can call him a magician if you want, but the better title is mind-bending showman. This week, Chris Michael begins a roughly yearlong residency in the nation's capital at The Graham Hotel in Georgetown, every Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. Starting Feb. 22, Chris Michael begins a roughl UDC renames sports complex after Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson, the 'grandfather of Black basketball' 02/19/2022 07:50pm • The renowned 1910, 12th Street Colored YMCA team. Edwin Henderson is holding the basket ball. (Photo YMCA) What used to be building 47 at the University of the District of Columbia will now be called The Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex, after the D.C. native credited with bringing ba WTOP Space Reporter: Another rocket launch and other sky sights on Saturday 02/19/2022 09:42am • NASA Wallops Flight Facility is scheduled to launch a rocket on Saturday that will be visible to the DMV as it climbs into the sky. The Facility hopes to launch the 17th Northrop Grumman resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) at 12:40 p.m. EST. The Cygnus cargo ship (spacecraf